Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-27
SENATOR FAIR, OF NEVADA

One Of the Big Stories He Told on His
Tour Around the World.
Perhaps Fair never distinguished himself
in the way Of Munchausen stories as he did
when taking his tour around the world He
was in company with a select party from
San Francisco, mostly business men of for
a jaunt Fair was the central figure, as in
spite Of his lack Of early educational adran-
tags he had more general information than
any Of the others, and bis wealth was then
supposed to be almost unlimited. He went
into foreign travel with the zest of a boy
On a vacation He was a delightful travel.
ing COMPANION, as he was full of all n,anuer
OF stories which he knew bow to embelIish
with an infinite variety OF picturesque effects.
The PECULIARLY Of his imagination was that
it made him the center, the hero Of nearly
every experience he related. no matter how
wonderful it might be. His companions we're
constantly treated to a succession OF stories
OF adventure which would have made the
fortune OF a sensational novelist.
One Of his greatest exploits in this line &C.
CURED In hin The party was invited to
spend a day Or two at the sugar plantation
OF a wealthy Englishman. who had made a
delightful place Oh the shore of one of the
great rivers OF China He took his guests
Over his plantation. showed them with much
PRIDE LIS hundreds Of acres Of growing cane
and his machinery for converting it into
sugar. Now. it happened that Fair had
once spent a month on the Hawaiian Islands.
and, according to his custom. had made an
exhaustive study OF the production Of sugar.
DE had pumped every one connected with
one OF the great plantations of Sprecsl@.
lie knew sugar through and through. One
OF ms pecullarltiS Is d memory which never
gives up anything it has once acquired.
!" hen the talk tlrnei On sugar he simply |
brought out his Old information acquired on |
the Islands. He paralvzel his friends By
saying IN response to some OF the |
ElgllshInan S remarks:
Yes, l have a small patch of sugar cane
myself In southern CALIFORNIA; mere baga-
ellie Of p, go acres"
And then he went on with a wonderfully
ucld explanation Of the amount of sugar he
from the various joints of the cane,
processes he adopted in refining, etc. In
act ne showed such perfect familiarity With
ne mlnutest details Of the business that the
-ngilshman was amazed, and despite the fact
hat no amount Of sugar was known to he
'roGuced in this state. be was forced to be-
'eve tie CaIlfornian's realistic story. Fair
onpletely staggered him by finally saving:
But this little plantation is only a begin.
ing. propose mex year when l return to
ut in 10000 acres. Then home cousump-
on Will Be dist-lnccd and California will
axe her proper place in the markets Of the
ord as a sugar producing state"
when he Lad left the room the English.
asked his companions if it could possibly
e true that sugar cane grew with such
'Suriance in California. Fairs friends as
lrei him that there must be some ezaggera-
on IN their companions talk. but that be 8
10 50 many business ventures that he might 8
I'VE a sugar plantation without their knowl- =
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